THE ECOLOGICAL EXPLANATION OF THE SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE TOURIST DESTINATIONS——A CASE STUDY OF SHANXI PROVINCE
将生态学中的种间关系理论引入旅游研究，分析了旅游目的地间的竞争、互利共生、附生和寄生关系，并以山西省为例提出区域旅游规划与管理对策。
Relationship among the tourist destinations is an important issue of the regional tourism development. In academe, the majority of the studies on this issue are concerned about tourism competition. However, relationship among the tourist destinations, in fact, is very complicated and includes not only tourism competition but also lots of types. In this paper, the author finds relationship among the tourist destinations is similar to ecological relationship among the species. Consequently, beginning with the subsistence and development of tourist destination, this paper introduces the ecological interspecific theory into the tourism theory to analyze the subsistence and development relationship among the tourist destinations and abstracts some types, which include Competition, Mutualism, Epiphytism and Parasitism. Based on analysis of the features of the relationship, this paper draws some practical conclusions that can be applied to planning and management of regional tourism.Finally, as a case of the theory above, the development of tourism in Shanxi province is analyzed and some practical countermeasures are put forward.Tough tourist resources are very abundant in Shanxi province, its tourism is relative lagging. The reason can be analyzed with the Spatial Relationship among Tourist Destinations Theory. First, Shanxi province is in the shadow of his powerful neighbors, e.g. Beijing, Xi'an, and so on. Second, inside Shanxi province, relationship among tourist destination is not proper, vicious or excessive competition and parasitism is very prevalent while cooperation is feeble. From the point of view of the Spatial Relationship among Tourist Destinations Theory, some practical countermeasures should be bring into effect. In the first place, it is necessary to re-position the tourist image of Shanxi province. In the next place, vicious or excessive competition should be transformed into benign or moderate competition. Thirdly, the quality of some certain tourist attractions should be upgrade to take full advantage of the Mutualism effect. In the last place, administration must put an end to the Parasitism with a firm hand.